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1844réf. biblio1769New York: P. J. KENEDY EXCELSIOR CATHOLIC PUBLISHING HOUSE 1844 5 BARCLAY STREET. The HOLY BIBLE translated from the Latin Vulgate: Diligently Compared with the Hebrew Greek and other Editions in Divers Languages; The OLD TESTAMENT First published by the English College in Douay A.D. 1609; and The NEW TESTAMENT First published by the English College at Rheims a.d. 1582. With Annotations References and An Historical and Chronological Index. From the Last London and Dublin Editions. The whole revised and diligently compared with the Latin Vulgate. Published with approbation of the Most Reverend John Hughes Archbishop of New York Given at the Episcopal residence this 27th of January 1844. Hardly discernable hints of wear to the corners. No more imperfections or wear detected. DimGray cloth with Gilt Gross in front and title on the spine. Also elaborate embossed decoration all over boards and spine. Frontispiece with ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL in NEW YORK and Facsimile of Approbation by Most Rev. JOHN HUGHES got 1.0"x3.0" pale stain in the right margin area. Voume iclean unmarked throughout Family Pages still unused. Strong unshaken binding excellent hinges. 968 pages. 9.6"x6.4"x1.6". ab44272. For International and/or Expedited shipping contact seller. P. J. KENEDY, EXCELSIOR CATHOLIC PUBLISHING HOUSE hardcover
1769réf. 123270London: J Cooke 1769. Hardcover. Good. Rare. 4vo. 792pp with list of subscribers. From the George III preface onwards the condition of the text is very good/fine as is that of all the many full page engravings. The full leather binding is probably original but the front board is missing and the back boards and last few pages are detached. There are no front endpapers but the binding of all the rest of the text until the last pages is tight and robust. The title page has wear and tear with some inches of paper loss to the top edge near the spine and a little paper loss also to the middle of the outside edge. No foxing. Photos available on request. J Cooke hardcover
réf. 113143London Longman 1859. . First edition; 8vo; presentation copy from the publishers blindstamp to title engraved portrait frontispiece large folding chart coloured diagrams in text; original blindstamped blue grained cloth gilt lightly rubbed a very good copy; xlviii 315 pp errata slip 24 pages ads at end dated October 1858. William Scoresby junior the great Arctic explorer was actively engaged on scientific research into magnetism and published several papers on the subject. To further his knowledge he made a voyage to Australia on board the iron-hulled Royal Charter in 1856 to study terrestrial magnetism. His account of the voyage and his researches was published posthumously and was seen through the press by Archibald Smith. Fergusson 15510; Not in Hill. London, Longman, 1859. hardcover
1880réf. 18888London and New York: George Virtue 1880. Hardcover. vg. Two volumes folio. IV 4 942pp 943-1260pp 230pp 10 1261-1622pp 4 44pp. Original blind-tooled leather over beveled boards with gold lettering and decorations on spines and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in each volume protected with a tissue-guard. 2 additional engraved title-pages. Ribbon markers. Both volumes have the London imprint of George Virtue upon the pictorial and text title pages. Stunning Bible profusely illustrated with over a hundred steel engravings after drawings or paintings by de Loutherbourgh Amiconi J. S. Hart Hamilton Schopin Horace Vernet W. H. Bartlett Rubens Northcote Guercino F. Bol W. Artaud Murillo M. A. Colin H. Singleton J. Opie Gros Raffaello d'Urbino Raphaël and many more. Each plate is protected with a tissue-guard. Text in 2 columns with centre references and reflections at foot of page. This work is complete with the Books of Apocrypha and an alphabetical list of proper names of the Old Testament persons and places. Slight rubbing along joints and raised bands. Minor damp-staining on upper inner margin of very first pages of first volume not affecting text or illustrations. Sporadic foxing affecting tissue-guards and margins of some plates not affecting illustrations. Frontispiece of second volume detached but present. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. George Virtue hardcover
1880réf. 18888London and New York: George Virtue 1880. Hardcover. vg. Two volumes folio. IV 4 942pp 943-1260pp 230pp 10 1261-1622pp 4 44pp. Original blind-tooled leather over beveled boards with gold lettering and decorations on spines and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in each volume protected with a tissue-guard. 2 additional engraved title-pages. Ribbon markers. Both volumes have the London imprint of George Virtue upon the pictorial and text title pages. Stunning Bible profusely illustrated with over a hundred steel engravings after drawings or paintings by de Loutherbourgh Amiconi J. S. Hart Hamilton Schopin Horace Vernet W. H. Bartlett Rubens Northcote Guercino F. Bol W. Artaud Murillo M. A. Colin H. Singleton J. Opie Gros Raffaello d'Urbino Raphaël and many more. Each plate is protected with a tissue-guard. Text in 2 columns with centre references and reflections at foot of page. This work is complete with the Books of Apocrypha and an alphabetical list of proper names of the Old Testament persons and places. Slight rubbing along joints and raised bands. Minor damp-staining on upper inner margin of very first pages of first volume not affecting text or illustrations. Sporadic foxing affecting tissue-guards and margins of some plates not affecting illustrations. Frontispiece of second volume detached but present. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. George Virtue hardcover books
1930réf. 415423South Boston Virginia 1930. Softcover. Good. Oblong small quarto measuring 12" x 7.5". String-tied black paper boards lacking the front board. Contains 25 sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs measuring between 2.5" x 3" and 3" x 5" with captions. Good only album lacking the front board with chips and tears on the pages with very good photographs. A photo album compiled by a students for a reverend at their school in South Boston Virginia in the 1930s. An early page includes a handwritten dedication which reads "we the Junior-Senior class do affectionately dedicate this volume to the Reverend Robert White Kirkpatrick our director who has unselfishly striven to endow us with a knowledge of the Holy Bible and the ideals and to whose faithful and untiring efforts is due the success of this school." A photo of Kirkpatrick is included here as well as the First Presbyterian Church South Boston Virginia. Other photos include the assistant director Reverend Frank C. Riley and a photo of the faculty. The pages include class rolls class mottos and teacher's names as well as photos to accompany the lists. Included in the album are classes from kindergarten through the senior class. The final two pages show snapshots of students and teacher on the school grounds. The church which had been founded in 1877 and started educational programs in 1920. A modest but interesting collection of a rural Virginia educational program run by a beloved reverend. unknown
1930réf. 415423South Boston Virginia 1930. Softcover. Good. Oblong small quarto measuring 12" x 7.5". String-tied black paper boards lacking the front board. Contains 25 sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs measuring between 2.5" x 3" and 3" x 5" with captions. Good only album lacking the front board with chips and tears on the pages with very good photographs. A photo album compiled by a students for a reverend at their school in South Boston Virginia in the 1930s. An early page includes a handwritten dedication which reads "we the Junior-Senior class do affectionately dedicate this volume to the Reverend Robert White Kirkpatrick our director who has unselfishly striven to endow us with a knowledge of the Holy Bible and the ideals and to whose faithful and untiring efforts is due the success of this school." A photo of Kirkpatrick is included here as well as the First Presbyterian Church South Boston Virginia. Other photos include the assistant director Reverend Frank C. Riley and a photo of the faculty. The pages include class rolls class mottos and teacher's names as well as photos to accompany the lists. Included in the album are classes from kindergarten through the senior class. The final two pages show snapshots of students and teacher on the school grounds. The church which had been founded in 1877 and started educational programs in 1920. A modest but interesting collection of a rural Virginia educational program run by a beloved reverend. unknown books
1837réf. 010705Menomoneville Wiconsin Territory 1837. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page stampless letter sent from the Reverend Daniel E. Brown at Menomoneville to the Reverend Philander Chase "near Peoria / Illinoise" measures 16" x 9.75" unfolded. It is datelined "Mission Buildings Green Bay / April 3rd 1837" and bears an especially scarce manuscript postmark "Menomoneville Apr 5" of which only one other example is recorded by the Wisconsin Postal History Society. In nice shape In this letter Brown requests clarification as to whether the few churches that had been established in Wisconsin would remain part of the newly formed Diocese of Michigan or form into a separated organization. It reads in part "I have presumed to address you upon a subject of much interest to the religious community of Wisconsin which . . . is of serious importance to the Church. It is presumed that the question whether Wisconsin is yet a part of the Diocese of Michigan as claimed by the worthy Prelate of that Diocese . . . or are we separated & no longer for and integral part thereof. . . This question is now assuming a very serious aspect for the Vestry of Christ's Church Green Bay. . . There are now four resident Clergymen in this Territory . . . three in the employ of the Board of Domestic Missions. We have but one organized Church who has no Rector the Rev R. F. Cadle having resigned. . . It is also anticipated that . . . a church will be organized at Milwaukee & also that the Garrison at Fort Winnebago will organize themselves into a Parish. I have felt . . . as if it was unwise to agitate the question in our present situation & particularly as it regards questions of jurisdictions with Michigan but I would wish your advice. For if we are fully separated from Michigan & have the right to form a new Diocese . . . it would be prudent to do so. . . Will you be kind enough my Dear Father to give me your views upon the claim set forth by the Rt Rev Prelate of Michigan & whether . . . it is right now expedient to organize at this time. . ." . When Wisconsin was part of the Michigan Territory from 1818 until 1836 Episcopalian fell under the purview of Missionary Bishop of the Northwest. Its first mission the Oneida Duck Creek Mission originally under the Diocese of New York at Green Bay was the beginning of Church work in the MIdwest. After the Diocese of Michigan was formed in 1834 Wisconsin activities were place under the temporary supervision of the Bishop of Ohio and did not come under the oversight of the Bishop of Michigan until 1836 after which he maintained that the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory had should not divide his diocese successfully thwarting the establishment of a Diocese of Wisconsin until 1847. For more information see Ford's A Brief History of the Diocese of Michigan and "Oneida History" at the Milwaukee Public Museum website. A first-hand document attesting to the religious competition that sprang into being with the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory. At the time of listing nothing similar is for sale in the trade nor has appeared at auction per the Rare Book Hub. OCLC shows no similar items held in institutional collections. We have another lot for sale regarding the Oneida Duck Creek Mission. . unknown
1837réf. 010705Menomoneville Wiconsin Territory 1837. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page stampless letter sent from the Reverend Daniel E. Brown at Menomoneville to the Reverend Philander Chase "near Peoria / Illinoise" measures 16" x 9.75" unfolded. It is datelined "Mission Buildings Green Bay / April 3rd 1837" and bears an especially scarce manuscript postmark "Menomoneville Apr 5" of which only one other example is recorded by the Wisconsin Postal History Society. In nice shape In this letter Brown requests clarification as to whether the few churches that had been established in Wisconsin would remain part of the newly formed Diocese of Michigan or form into a separated organization. It reads in part "I have presumed to address you upon a subject of much interest to the religious community of Wisconsin which . . . is of serious importance to the Church. It is presumed that the question whether Wisconsin is yet a part of the Diocese of Michigan as claimed by the worthy Prelate of that Diocese . . . or are we separated & no longer for and integral part thereof. . . This question is now assuming a very serious aspect for the Vestry of Christ's Church Green Bay. . . There are now four resident Clergymen in this Territory . . . three in the employ of the Board of Domestic Missions. We have but one organized Church who has no Rector the Rev R. F. Cadle having resigned. . . It is also anticipated that . . . a church will be organized at Milwaukee & also that the Garrison at Fort Winnebago will organize themselves into a Parish. I have felt . . . as if it was unwise to agitate the question in our present situation & particularly as it regards questions of jurisdictions with Michigan but I would wish your advice. For if we are fully separated from Michigan & have the right to form a new Diocese . . . it would be prudent to do so. . . Will you be kind enough my Dear Father to give me your views upon the claim set forth by the Rt Rev Prelate of Michigan & whether . . . it is right now expedient to organize at this time. . ." . When Wisconsin was part of the Michigan Territory from 1818 until 1836 Episcopalian fell under the purview of Missionary Bishop of the Northwest. Its first mission the Oneida Duck Creek Mission originally under the Diocese of New York at Green Bay was the beginning of Church work in the MIdwest. After the Diocese of Michigan was formed in 1834 Wisconsin activities were place under the temporary supervision of the Bishop of Ohio and did not come under the oversight of the Bishop of Michigan until 1836 after which he maintained that the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory had should not divide his diocese successfully thwarting the establishment of a Diocese of Wisconsin until 1847. For more information see Ford's A Brief History of the Diocese of Michigan and "Oneida History" at the Milwaukee Public Museum website. A first-hand document attesting to the religious competition that sprang into being with the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory. At the time of listing nothing similar is for sale in the trade nor has appeared at auction per the Rare Book Hub. OCLC shows no similar items held in institutional collections. We have another lot for sale regarding the Oneida Duck Creek Mission. . unknown books
1964réf. 56246Leyden / Milano: Brill / Ismeo 1964-1991. In-8 gr. complessivi 9 volumi tela editoriale. L'opera è così composta:- 1° "Geography" - p. I. Geographical features of the Karakorum by A. Desio - p. II. Meteorological observations of Desio's 1954 expedition by F. Petrucco - p. III. Geodetic and topographic survey of Desio's 1954 expedition by F. Lombardi pp. XVII158 con 53 figure nel testo 15 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo e 4 carte geografiche più volte ripieg. inserite in una tasca alla fine del volume.- 2° "Geophysics" - Geophysics of the Karakorum by A. Marussi pp. XVII2422 con 55 figure nel testo e 10 tavole fuori testo.- 3° "Geology - Petrology" in 4 volumi:Volume I: Geology and petrology of Haramosh-Mango Gusor Area by. B. Zanettin pp. XVI3053 con 11 figure nel testo 3 illustrazioni fotografiche in bianco e nero in 1 tav. a doppia pag. e 21 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo ciasc. con 4 figure Volume II: Geology of the Baltoro basin by A. Desio and B. Zanettin pp. XX3083 con 74 figure nel testo 8 illustrazioni fotografiche in bianco e nero in 2 tavole nel testo e 43 tavole fuori testo ciasc. con 1 o 2 belle foto di ghiacciai in bianco e nero.Volume III: Geology of Central Badakhshan North-East Afghanistan and Surrounding Countries by A. Desio pp. XVI6282 con 44 figure nel testo e 16 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo. Al fine due appendici - Paleontologica e Petrografica - con 5 figure nel testo e 7 tavole in bianco e nero ciasc. con 2/4 figure 4 tabelle e 1 carta geologica a colori più volte ripieg. inserite in una tasca al risg.Volume IV: Geology of the upper Shaksgam Valley North-East Karakorum Xinjiang Sinkiang by A. Desio pp. XVIII1962 con 43 figure nel testo 34 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo ed 1 cartina a colori più volte ripieg. inserita in una tasca alla fine del volume.- 4° "Paleontology - Zoology - Botany" in 2 volumi:Volume I: p. I. Fossils of Karakorum and Chitral - p. II. Results of the study of the entomological collection of the Karakorum and Hindu Kush 1954-1955 - p. III. List of Spermatophyta collected in the Karakorum above 4000 m. 1953-1954 pp. IX3343 con 16 figure nel testo e 43 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo.Volume II: Fossils of North-east Afghanistan Carboniferous Triassic Jurassic - Cretaceous and Palogene fossils pp. IX3240 con alcune figure nel testo e 41 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo.- 5° "Prehistory - Anthropology" - Prehistoric Research in Northwestern Punjab / Anthropological Research in Chitral by P. Graziosi pp. VIII249 con figure nel testo e 153 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo.Esemplare in ottimo stato. Brill / Ismeo, hardcover
2008réf. SBBI-mon0000045985Feltrinelli 2008. perfect. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Feltrinelli unknown
2002réf. SBBIH-XMSVJODAOVXDFeltrinelli 2002. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Feltrinelli paperback
1796réf. 007817Philadelphia : Re-printed for Richard Lee by Dunning Hyer and Palmer - Printers 1796. First American Edition. Hardcover. This complete two-volume first U.S. edition of 1796 is bound in contemporary marble calf. The bindings feature gilt ruled spines with rectangular gilt-printed burgundy spine labels and circular gilt-printed black spine labels. Condition is good plus. The period bindings remain fully intact the boards still firmly connected. As might be expected the bindings show age and wear the boards and spines variously scuffed the corners worn through. The text blocks have a slight swell the boards a slight outward warp. The contents of both volumes are notably clean the endpapers browned the contents less so. Spotting is minimal appearing substantially confined to the endpapers and page edges. The same single clearly vintage owner name is inked to the upper right corner of each title page. This U.S. edition RE-PRINTED FOR RICHARD LEE in Philadelphia in 1796 by DUNNING HYER AND PALMER PRINTERS followed the British edition of 1795 J. Ridgeway London. This work was the product of the incarceration of the author - Reverend William Winterbotham 1763-1829. Winterbothams prosecution was a celebrated instance of overreaction by the authorities through nervousness in the wake of the French Revolution. The sixth of fifteen children Winterbotham left school after an argument with the schoolmaster and thereafter apprenticed to a silversmith. He eventually started in business for himself as a silver buckle-maker but illness forced a temporary return to his parents. His early dissolute life changed when he underwent conversion. In 1787 he began to preach and in 1789 became a Baptist. In this newly found zealous life he ran afoul of the politics of the day. In a sermon on 5 November 1792 on the double anniversary of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot and the revolution of 1688 Winterbotham made reference to the French Revolution and to contemporary abuses as he saw it of the contract between king and people. This aroused local feeling and a prosecution was talked of. In an attempt to put matters right he preached a sermon on 18 November but on 25 and 26 July 1793 he was tried at the Exeter assizes for both sermons and found guilty. The result was a significant fine and imprisonment most of which he spent at Newgate prison. It was in Newgate that Winterbotham wrote An Historical Geographical and Philosophical View of the Chinese Empire as well as An Historical Geographical Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States. Upon release from Newgate in November 1797 Winterbotham returned to preaching. He was publicly ordained in 1801. He was frequently invited to preach around the country and in 1812 was one of the signatories to the formation of the Baptist Union. ODNB Re-printed for Richard Lee by Dunning, Hyer and Palmer - Printers hardcover
1837réf. 978K15London: Henry G. Bohn 1837-1838. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Reverend F. W. Hope. The first and second series of this scarce entomological work signed by the author and with lovely hand coloured plates. The first edition of both works. With a hand coloured frontispiece and three partially hand coloured plates to both works. Collated complete.With presentation inscriptions from the author to the front endpapers of both volumes presenting the work to the Natural History Society of Shrewsbury. Institutional copies with stamps and bookplates to preliminaries of both works. The Coleopterist's Manual is considered a foundational text on the study of beetles and details exotic and British beetle species with descriptions classifications and notes on habitat. Aimed at naturalists and collectors Hope"s work significantly advanced entomological studies and taxonomy reflecting the Victorian era"s growing interest in biodiversity and scientific discovery.A third volume was also published in 1840.A scarce signed pair of these important texts. In publisher's green cloth. Externally smart with library annotations to tail of both volumes. Slight bumping to extremities and loss to spine labels. Institutional labels and stamps to endpapers of both volumes. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning and the odd spot and handling mark. Institutional stamp to reverse of volume one frontispiece. Very Good Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1751réf. 9755En Amberes, Marcos-Miguel Bousquet y Compania, 1751-1756. 16 volumes in-12, demi-veau brun à coins, dos lisses ornés de filets, étoiles et titre dorés, étiquettes de titre marron, de tomaison vertes, tranches jaunes. Rares rousseurs, papier parfois légèrement bruni.
1843réf. 0001770Baltimore Maryland MD - at Sea Aboard the Charles 1843. On offer are two 2 super original manuscript relics of Christian outreach and missionary work handwritten by Reverend Walter Gunn one of the first missionaries to India addressed to Frederick Schott of Waterloo New York. Bio notes follow. The first is a one 1 page letter written by Gunn dated 1843 while in Baltimore. The second letter is written by Rev. Gunn while on the boat "The Charles" heading to India in 1844. He has been at sea for 138 days. This is a 3¼ page letter. Here are snippets: 1 "Baltimore May 24 1843 Dear Brother in the Lord I should like to write a long letter to you and enter into many particulars but I have but only a few moments to spare as Bro Selmser is soon to leave B. and I have a press of business on hand. Well how do you do. How is your family and how do your souls prosper. Is Christ precious are you actively engaged in his service. O my brother watch your heart your words and your actions and strive to live so that the flame of love may burn brightly in your heart to God. How pleasant it would be for me to enjoy the hospitalities of your table again to bow with you again around the family altar to walk to the house of God in company but instead of walking the street of Waterloo I shall soon be walking the deck of the vessel that bears me to the heathen land. But shall I ever forget you and the beloved brethren of W. No. Even now while going from house to house among the brethren in imagination the tears fall upon the paper and bedew these lines I write .Your brother in Christ Walter Gunn." 2 "Ship Charles Indian Ocean March 25th 1844 Dear Brother Shutt While penning these lines I am sailing up the Indian Ocean towards the shores of Hindustan. I have crossed the equator twice doubled the Cape of Good Hope and shall in a few weeks I trust reach my field of labor. But though I am separated from you by a distance of so many thousand miles I have not forgotten you no in imagination I often walk the streets of Waterloo visit the houses of the brethren and join in your acts of worship in the congregation. The different articles of apparel that I wear at this moment remind me of you and many others in W. While contemplating the interesting scenes that transpire in your place one year ago my eyes often fill with tears. Were not those precious and heavenly seasons when you and so many of your associates and friends took a stand on the Lord's side. Though I am now denied the privilege of witnessing such glorious displays of the power and grace of God in the conviction and conversion of sinners I do not on that account conclude that I am out of the path of duty. True it would be a pleasing task for the minister of Christ to be engaged daily in the work of directing the inquiring to the Savior and strengthening those who had just commenced running the Christian course. But that privilege at present is denied me. From no one for the last few months have I heard the inquiry "What must I do to be saved." Except the missionaries who are going with me to the heathen. I am surrounded by those who seem to think but little of their undying souls .You will undoubtedly wish to know how I feel now that I am so far away from kindred friends and natives land with but little prospect of ever seeing them again. To answer for the most part I feel cheerful contented and happy. Often have I seen the ocean all lashed into commotion the vessel at one moment raised upon the top of a mighty billow and the next plunged into the fearful chasm below; at such a moment it seemed as though we must all be engulfed beneath the troubled ocean but even then my mind has been calm and unruffled .Tell your sister Mrs. Bean that the pantaloons she made me became very spotted by the damp weather around the Cape of Good Hope but that the spots did not make them any the less comfortable. Tell Jackson that I hope and pray that he may become a minister. Tell Mrs. Mayer that my wife often speaks of her and the pleasant time that they spent together in Johnstown and Whitesboro. Tomorrow or next day we expect that our vessel will anchor in the harbor of Amherst in Burmah. One hundred and thirty eight days I have been tossed upon the billows of the ocean without setting my feet on land and many more anxious days will pass before I reach Guntur the field of my labor. Pray for me and my companion that we may be preserved from the temptations to which we are exposed and that we may be the faithful servants of Christ among the heathen. Yours in the bonds of Christian love Walter Gunn. Near the shores of Burmah April 3rd 1844." BIO NOTES: "The Rev. W. Gunn. The Missionary was a graduate of Union College N.Y. in 1841; studied theology at Gettysburg; was ordained by the Hartwick Synod in 1843 at Johnstown; appointed missionary to India in the same year; arrived at Guntur on June 18th 1844 and was a faithful and an indefatigable colleague of the Rev. Mr. Heyer until 1851 when after a period of seven years service in the cause of Jesus he departed this life at Guntur esteemed and loved by all who knew him. He is spoken of as a good man full of zeal for the Lord so much so that on one occasion in the Guntur bazaar he became so indignant at some idolatrous performances of the heathen that he lifted up his voice in great earnest against the idolaters who became exasperated at him and consequently proceeded to pelt him with stones. But he prudently withdrew from the enraged rabble only to return on subsequent occasions to continue publishing the message of salvation to them. His remains rest in the Guntur Cemetery until the day of the resurrection. He died while in Guntur in 1851 from Tuberculosis." "Reverend Adam Long went to India almost immediately after being ordained. The Lutheran mission to India was still in its early phases when Long arrived it have been started in the Andhra region by Rev. John Christian Frederick Heyer in 1842 who at 48 and widowed was an anomaly compared to other missionaries. He was joined by the Rev. and Mrs. Water Gunn another Gettysburg College and Seminary graduate in 1844 and by Rev. George Martz in 1849. There these men and Gunn's wife Lorena began the task of educating and converting Indians. In a country that is dominated by the polytheistic Hinduism and Mohammedanism this was not an easy task. Traveling from village to village these men and women counted their accomplishments by the individuals that they could convert and the schools and churches that they built. . Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown
1847réf. 61025Padova: Tip. del Seminario 1847. Cm. 29 pp. 157 3 lii. Testo in rosso e nero con 3 tavole fuori testo e molti disegni nel testo. Solida ed elegante legatura coeva in mezza pelle dorso liscio con titoli e filetti in oro. Esemplare pulito marginoso ed in ottimo stato di conservazione. Un timbretto privato di possesso al frontespizio. Allegato un quadernetto manoscritto di pp. 16 di poco posteriore alla pubblicazione del volume in cui vengono riassunti i passi dell'opera riguardanti il Lago di Garda prevalentemente Peschiera e Salò. Edizione elegante e verosimilmente impressa in numero limitato di copie. Raro. Tip. del Seminario unknown
2002réf. 1-0375815511Heinemann Young Books 2002. Hardcover. New. 4.75x6.25x0.50 inches. Heinemann Young Books hardcover
1872réf. 31740AB1872. Suffolk c.1872. 69 11 pages. Hardcover / Half Morocco with gilt lettering to spine. Very good condition. This unpublished Manuscript of an unfinished Work on the History of Finger - Rings by Reverend James Beck includes for example the following chapters: - History of Finger Rings Eqyptians as true inventors of the Finger Ring "according to Pliny the Greeks could not have known of them at the time of the Trojan Wars as no mention of them is made by Homer" - Beck dissects the meaning of Rings on certain fingers and explains why the "Ring Finger" was chosen as such: "By some this finger is called the digitus medicus or medicinalis but its more correct name is annularis Digitus anularis today known as Ring Finger" ".it was selected as annular finger because it was less employed than any of the others & it was protected by the middle & little finger hence as Atteus Capito says it was better suited for preserving a Ring. Aulus Gellius mentions that the anatomists had discovered a vein which extended from the Heart to the fourth finger of the left hand & that on this account it was selected as the ring finger." The Manuscript makes further cases for Rings worn on the other fingers on the hand. Includes sections on: - Signet Rings / Signet Rings with Crystals and Enamels / Rebus / Letters and Coronets / Signet Heraldic - Rings with angraved Cameos - Sergeant at Law - Rings The manuscript includes a larger section on Rings for Serjeants at Law - Rings of Investiture / Rings for Poet Laureates - Xtian Rings Christian Rings / Iconographic Rings - Rings for Prelates - Doctors of Divinity - Canons & Priests - Rings for Consegrated Virgins / Rings used as Reliquaries "The custom of putting Relics with Rings" - Rings as Gifts at Marriage of Servants / Ring Money - Ad Memoriam Ring etc. etc. - Finger Rings as Charms against Diseases "annali virtuosi" Beck lists here a story of a Charm - Ring against Epilepsy which was found at Kemp Weston in Somerset - Finger Rings as Talisman "Crapaudine - Talismanie" - Rings with merchant Marks Attractive quarto bound in half deep red morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Blue endpapers and paper stock throughout; circular stamp of Assay Office Library Birmingham on flyleaf. A sequence of pasted letters about 10 pages in all precede the manuscript starting with a letter to Beck from Thomas Clifford Allbutt inventor of the Clinical Thermometer and co-founder with Sir William Osler of the History of Medicine Society from the Royal Archaeological Institute about works held in their library on finger rings; a book order form from W H Smith; and a brief note from the former Bishop of Glasgow Walter Trower. Becks manuscript has a typed title page and is dated circa 1872. His history of rings runs to 69 pages with an additional 11 pages of notes laid down on the blue paper stock. Beck proceeds from the ancient Egyptians through the classical world occasionally adding illustrations dealing with signet rings and rings of office such as the Serjeant of Law as well as the ring of the poets laureate. The final notes become increasingly fragmentary at the end. James Beck 1819/20-1886 was educated at Corpus Christi College Cambridge serving as Rector of Parham Sussex and subsequently of Bildeston Suffolk; in 1867 he married Caroline Jeannette Bignell Walter. This volumes has the feeling of a family memento probably bound up after Becks death to preserve his hard work on this fascinating subject. Source of Description: Dr.Christian White. hardcover
1841réf. 31857AB1841. Maynooth / Radanstown Meath / Cole Hill Longford etc. 1841-1854. Octavo. 181 pages Diary of William Handcock / 140 pages plus 4 pages of Index Diary of Robert Ball Handcock. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with paper-covered boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Letters and Petitions and Addresses transcribed in this Manuscript - Diary of William Handcock include many Letters he wrote himself to authorities or Newspapers at the Time Letters he received as Rector of Clontarf Rector of Radanstown Meath and Rector of Kilnagross Diocese of Ross Friends Colleagues etc. but William Handcock also included transcriptions of Letters of contemporaries colleagues and people who had written to Newspapers or the Crown which he found interesting. Letters and Addresses include for example: 1. Address from the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Clontarf to the Revd. William Handcock page 117 - 119 2. Letter to the Maynooth Grand Diocese of Meath - To the Reverend Samuel Magee - Rector of Rathmolyon Glebe Maynooth June 1848 / Page 107 - 110 3. Letter "To the Rent Charge - To the Landed Proprietors of Ireland - Maynooth Dec.15 / 1848" page 102 - 106 4. Letter from a Lady to Revd. W. Handcock on.the Right of Private Judgment in Matters of Religion - Clifton Vale April 12 - 1841 Page 73 - 77 and followed by the long answer of the Reverend William Hancock on Pages 77 - 86 And many more !!! Biographical Information on Reverend William Handcock 1795-1873 Rev. William Handcock was born on 22 December 1795 in Dublin Ireland. He was the son of Rev Robert Handcock D D and Jane Bryanton. William matriculated at Trinity College Dublin on 1 July 1811. William Handcock pensioner Mr Fea aged 15 son of Robert clericus born Dublin. William late Rector of Kilgariffe Diocese of Ross co. Cork; Leslie states: priest 1820 Dromore Vicar choral St Patrick's Cathedral 1819-21; Curate Ardee Armagh 1820 Prebend and Vicar Ballisodare Achonry 1821-9 exchanged with Charles Mulloy for Rector of Clontarf 1829-40; Rector Radanstown Meath 1840-52; Rector Kilnagross Ross 1852-8; resigned. Succeeded to his father's estate at Cole Hill co. Longford between 1820 and 1858. Rev William Handcock married Sarah Coddington on 6 January 1821. He owned an estate of just over 500 acres in the parish of Aughrim barony and county of Roscommon in the 1850s. In the 1870s Mrs Sarah Handcock of Ballyknockan House Ballypatrick county Tipperary owned 515 acres in county Roscommon. William died on 3 January 1873 aged 77. Source: Linley & Jim Hooper's family history: "The genealogy of George A A Hooper his wife Linley Maree McKenzie & her half sister Jennifer Anne Dunbar Daniels of Melbourne Australia" hardcover
Acquaforte misure: mm 91 x 123 Pittore e incisore italiano. Venne indirizzato allo studio del disegno dal padre Giovanni Andrea modesto pittore paesaggista, ben presto però Bartolomeo preferì studiare copiando le opere dei grandi maestri come Guido Reni e Giulio Romano presenti nelle chiese di Genova. Intorno al 1650 entrò nella bottega di Valerio Castello (Genova 1624 - 1659) principale esponente del barocco genovese. A differenza del maestro che si dedicò soprattutto all'affresco, Biscaino praticò soprattutto la pittura su tela e l'incisione. Si conoscono circa una quarantina di lastre per le quali sembra abbia tratto ispirazione dalle opere del maestro Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, detto il Grechetto (Genova 1609 – Mantova 1664). In questa stampa vine rappresentato Dio Padre che scende dal cielo per benedire gli uomini. Viene raffigurato come un uomo anziano dalla barba lunga, con sguardo benevolo fissa un punto sulla sinistra della composizione. Egli è avvolto in una toga, rigonfia dal vento e riccamente panneggiata con giochi chiaroscurali che accentuano il movimento e danno dinamicità alla composizione. A precederlo c'è la colomba della pace, nell'angolo in basso a destra e in alto a sinistra sono descritti i volti di due putti. Lo sfondo è riempito mediante linee parallele disposte a raggiera che creano un'atmosfera solenne. Impressione eccellente. Ottimo stato di conservazione. Minimi margini oltre la battuta del rame, fatta eccezione del margine sinistro rifilato. Stato Unico. Bibliografia: T.I.B., 47/041.
1836réf. 002795Paris, Charles Gosselin et Furne, 1836
réf. 012482Révérend Père Augustin Colombel (1833-1905), missionnaire jésuite en Chine, père de l'astronomie moderne en Chine à qui on doit la construction de l'observatoire de Shanghai. L.A.S., Ousi [actuelle Shanghai ?], 17 avril 1872, 4p in-8. A sa soeur Marie-Thérèse Colombel (1839-1912), baronne Richerand : « Ma bien chère sour, Je reviens du nord de mon district où j'ai passé toutes les fêtes de Pâques, depuis deux mois je suis en course et je dois repartir après demain matin. Je te trouve toujours fidèle à ton affection pour moi et ta lettre du 6 février m'attendait ici. J'ai reçu aussi les journaux que vous m'envoyiez, l'album des ruines de Paris et la photographie de mgr Surat. Je vous remercie de vos attentions délicates. [....] Vous pensez bien que parmi mes chrétiens j'ai toute sorte de personnes, les riches exceptés toutefois. Ici plus que partout ailleurs la malédiction de l'Evangile pèse sur eux. Outre cette raison principale, on peut ajouter qu'ici plus que partout ailleurs cette classe tient d'autant plus à la terre qu'elle y jouit davantage. La grande majorité de ces pauvres gens cultive quelques arpents de terre. L'admirable fécondité du sol leur demande au plus quatre mois de travail et ils ont une récolte de riz qui leur donne la nourriture de la famille d'abord puis de quoi vendre assez pour pourvoir aux vêtements et aux autres besoins. Je n'ai qu'un catéchumène qui possède 200 arpents, il n'en cultive que 40 qui suffisent amplement pour ses besoins, mais le pauvre homme est trop simple, il se laisse gruger par tous ses parents et amis payens, il en est toujours à la misère. J'ai aussi parmi mes chrétiens deux anciens prêtres des idoles, l'un brûlait l'encens devant Fo et les autres dieux que la Chine a empruntés à l'Inde, il avait la tête rasée, c'est un Bonze. Il est maintenant cuisinier dans un thé tenu par des payens (comme qui dirait dans un café). L'autre faisait pousser sa queue et récitait les prières chinoises devant je ne sais quel héros du céleste empire, c'est un Fao sse (?). Comme j'avais refusé la communion au Fao sse qui n'était pas assez instruit et accordé cette faveur au Bonze qui dans sa simplicité savait et croyait le nécessaire. L'orgueil du Fao sse se réveilla et se traduisit en coup de poing sur la tête de son émule. C'était au moins un signe qu'il désirait le bienfait de la communion. Mais ce désir ne me paraissant pas assez surnaturel je lui donnais pourtant tous les torts. Parmi mes catéchumènes, j'ai aussi d'anciens rebelles, ils ont bien des meurtres à se reprocher, Dieu leur a pardonné, la justice chinoise ne s'en préoccupe pas, mais si jamais on établit les lois françaises en Chine et qu'il vienne un procureur de la république ou du Roi, je le prierais bien sincèrement de ne pas trop chercher à savoir le passé. Vous voyez combien nous avons besoin du secours de Dieu, priez beaucoup pour ces pauvres gens, pour que les payens ouvrent les yeux, j'espère que le Bon Dieu, à son heure, aura pitié d'eux. Ici comme en France on s'attend à de grands évènements. Prions pour que Dieu les tourne à sa gloire. Priez aussi pour moi, que vos prières m'accompagnent partout et nous aurons ainsi tous part à la même récompense. Adieu tout à tous et à chacun. Mon respect et mon affection toute entière, surtout à notre bien aimé père. Ton frère tout dévoué. Aug. M. Colombel s.j. » Magnifique témoignage sur le développement des missions en Chine et à Shanghai. Cette lettre a été publié avec quelques autres sur le blog du Bibliomane Moderne le 14 octobre 2021. Elles apportent un éclairage particulièrement intéressant sur le développement des missions jésuites en Chine et à Shanghai en particulier. [242]
réf. 012489Révérend Père Augustin Colombel (1833-1905), missionnaire jésuite en Chine, père de l'astronomie moderne en Chine à qui on doit la construction de l'observatoire de Shanghai. L.A.S., Shanghai, 5 octobre 1890, 4p in-8. A sa soeur Marie-Thérèse Colombel (1839-1912), baronne Richerand : « Ma bien chère sour, Il me semble que je suis bien en retard avec toi. Je voudrais t'écrire souvent, je remets au lendemain, les malles partent et je te laisse en retard. Et puis, il y a encore les chaleurs, les affaires qui mettent des bâtons dans les roues de la bonne volonté. Même la maladie, car le Bon Dieu m'en a envoyé une petite tout juste pour me rappeler que je ne suis pas exempt de ce châtiment là. Donc j'ai été 10 jours au lit... gastrite... affection dysentérique, voilà les noms que les médecins disaient mais nous avions du choléra à Shanghai et on avait peur de tout ce qui y ressemblait. Donc je me suis demandé si le Bon Dieu voulait de moi... mais non. Je n'étais pas encore mur pour le ciel. Les journaux vous ont peut-être déjà dit que nous avons eu cette mauvaise maladie ici. Pendant le mois d'août, il est mort 12 ou 15 européens à l'hôpital du choléra. Un peu plus dans les familles. Et les chinois ont payé un tribut bien plus fort. On dit que pendant 3 ou 4 jours, ils ont eu 200 ou 300 morts par jour. Mais il est impossible d'avoir un nombre exact. Tout autour de Shanghai, la maladie a sévi longtemps, nos Pères des paroisses chinoises donnaient plusieurs extrêmes onctions chaque jours, quelques fois cinq ou six à la suite l'une de l'autre. Il semble que c'est maintenant fini à Shanghai et que ça diminue beaucoup dans les campagnes. Les sours de Charité à l'hôpital ont perdu une sour, la sour Pauline Faisais. Elle y était chargée de la cuisine - c'est une grosse charge dans un hôpital - et s'en acquittait très bien. 36 ans d'âge. 18 mois de Chine. La pauvre sour était en cure à son office le mercredi à 11h. A 3h elle se met au lit. Dès le soir on désespérait et le samedi elle mourait. J'ai fait son service le 29 sept. C'était une de mes premières messes après ma maladie. C'est une grosse perte pour les bonnes sours. Nous avons eu aussi nos victimes. Le fr. infirmier du collège. Il était bien faible déjà, le choléra a eu beau jeu sur lui. Puis un Père italien de 64 ans, très fort, mais tout dévoué à ses 4000 chrétiens qu'il saignait à 2 heures d'ici. Le Bon Père avait donné de 60 à 80 extrêmes onctions dans le mois de septembre. Il fut pris le 27 mais continua à donner des extrêmes onctions. Le 28, il dit encore la messe à grand peine, p[ar]c[e] q[ue] c'était dimanche et pour consommer les saintes espèces. Mais déjà les chrétiens qui connaissent bien cette maladie le regardaient comme perdu. Ils nous l'amenèrent aussitôt après la messe, il nous arrivait à 11hŸ et mourait à 4h malgré les efforts des médecins qui ont essayé des remèdes héroïques. Ce bon Père avait été chassé par la révolution de plusieurs provinces. Il était venu se consacrer à la mission. Il meurt les armes à la main. C'est là une belle mort de missionnaires. Chez la m. St Dominique, deux enfants ont été prises. Toutes deux en sont revenues. L'une d'elles (11 ans) était bien à l'extrémité, condamnée par le médecin. Je crois qu'elle doit la vie aux prières faites pour elle. On tenait beaucoup à ne pas la perdre pour la réputation de la maison. [...] Je vous embrasse tous bien fort. ton frère Augustin. » Belle lettre sur les difficultés des missions en Chine, le choléra, les nombreux morts, etc. Cette lettre a été publié avec quelques autres sur le blog du Bibliomane Moderne le 14 octobre 2021. Elles apportent un éclairage particulièrement intéressant sur le développement des missions jésuites en Chine et à Shanghai en particulier. [242]
1922réf. 18075Berlin: Brandussche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1922. Cm. 34 pp. 262 2. Antiporta e frontespizio interamente decorati ed altri abbellimenti policromi nel testo anche in oro per opera di Marcus Behmer. Sontuosa legatura editoriale in pieno marocchino con dorso interamente decorato in oro piatti inquadrati da duplice filetto e con rosone centrale in rosso. Dentelles interne e taglio di testa dorato. Legatura di P.A. Demeter. Qualche spellatura superficiale alle cerniere ma bell'esemplare fresco ed in eccellente stato di conservazione; a carte candide. Edizione di soli 225 esemplari di cui il presente porta il numero 165. Brandussche Verlagsbuchhandlung unknown
